Grammy 2020 – Nominacje Jazzowe

Branford Marsalis, Christian McBride i Esperanza Spalding wśród nominowanych do nagród Grammy.

Basistka i wokalistka Esperanza Spalding otrzymała nominacje w dwóch kategoriach: za najlepszy aranż i dla najlepszego albumu wokalnego. Po dwie nominacje otrzymali również: saksofonista Branford Marsalis i basista Christian McBride – za najlepsze improwizowane solo jazzowe i dla najlepszego jazzowego albumu instrumentalnego. „Birth of the Cool” jest nominowany w kategorii najlepszego filmu muzycznego.

Oto nominacje w pięciu kategoriach jazzowych:

Best Improvised Jazz Solo
“Elsewhere,” Melissa Aldana, solista
“Sozinho,” Randy Brecker, solista
“Tomorrow Is the Question,” Julian Lage, solista
“The Windup,” Branford Marsalis, solista
“Sightseeing,” Christian McBride, solista

Best Jazz Vocal Album
Thirsty Ghost, Sara Gazarek
Love & Liberation, Jazzmeia Horn
Alone Together, Catherine Russell
12 Little Spells, Esperanza Spalding
Screenplay, The Tierney Sutton Band

Best Jazz Instrumental Album
In the Key of the Universe, Joey DeFrancesco
The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul, Branford Marsalis Quartet
Christian McBride's New Jawn, Christian McBride
Finding Gabriel, Brad Mehldau
Come What May, Joshua Redman Quartet

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Triple Helix, Anat Cohen Tentet
Dance in Nowhere, Miho Hazama
Hiding Out, Mike Holober & The Gotham Jazz Orchestra
The Omni-American Book Club, Brian Lynch Big Band
One Day Wonder, Terraza Big Band

Best Latin Jazz Album
Antidote, Chick Corea & The Spanish Heart Band
Sorte!: Music by John Finbury, Thalma de Freitas With Vitor Gonçalves, John Patitucci, Chico Pinheiro, Rogerio Boccato & Duduka Da Fonseca
Una Noche Con Ruben Blades, Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis & Rubén Blades
Carib, David Sánchez
Sonero: The Music of Ismael Rivera, Miguel Zenón 

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Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Ancestral Recall, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
Star People Nation, Theo Croker
Beat Music! Beat Music! Beat Music!, Mark Guiliana
Elevate, Lettuce
Mettavolution, Rodrigo y Gabriela

Best Instrumental Composition
“Begin Again”,  Fred Hersch, composer (Fred Hersch & The WDR Big Band Conducted By Vince Mendoza)
“Crucible for Crisis”, Brian Lynch, composer (Brian Lynch Big Band)
“Love, A Beautiful Force”, Vince Mendoza, composer (Vince Mendoza, Terell Stafford, Dick Oatts & Temple University Studio Orchestra)
“Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge Symphonic Suite”, John Williams, composer (John Williams)
“Walkin' Funny”, Christian McBride, composer (Christian McBride)

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or a Cappella
“Blue Skies”, Kris Bowers, arranger (Kris Bowers)
“Hedwig's Theme”, John Williams, arranger (Anne-Sophie Mutter & John Williams)
“La Novena” Emilio Solla, arranger (Emilio Solla Tango Jazz Orchestra)
“Love, a Beautiful Force”, Vince Mendoza, arranger (Vince Mendoza, Terell Stafford, Dick Oatts & Temple University Studio Orchestra)
“Moon River”, Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier)

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
“All Night Long”, Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier Featuring Jules Buckley, Take 6 & Metropole Orkest)
“Jolene”, Geoff Keezer, arranger (Sara Gazarek)
“Marry Me a Little”, Cyrille Aimée & Diego Figueiredo, arrangers (Cyrille Aimée)
“Over the Rainbow”, Vince Mendoza, arranger (Trisha Yearwood)
“12 Little Spells (Thoracic Spine)”, Esperanza Spalding, arranger (Esperanza Spalding)

Best Music Film

“Birth of the Cool” (Miles Davis)
Stanley Nelson, video director; Nicole London, video producer

Nagrody Grammy 62. edycji rozdane zostaną podczas uroczystej gali Staples Center w Los Angeles w niedzielę 26 stycznia 2020 roku.